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2024-02-15 22:38:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3D76D360A1AFEA6686ECFC5F6B28E83F7D555142FE1C7F946DC67B1F29FE4282
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The Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the USSR under George Bush Sr: https://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/end/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-h-w-bush/#:~:text=House%20Historical%20Association.-,George%20H.%20W.,of%20a%20dramatically%20changing%20world. Reagan prioritised a hard-ball approach to the Soviets, including arming those they were fighting which helped pave the way for the collapse of the USSR, and called the USSR 'the Evil Empire': https://www.globalissues.org/article/258/anatomy-of-a-victory-cias-covert-afghan-war
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